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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447014064182 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448711398800 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • accountsdept.national@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • resultscoordinator@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: France-Lotto Lottery <mr_jkwilliams@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: accountsdept.national@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 16:57:59 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTICE


France-Lotto Lottery
Ref: FR/JKP/2006
Batch No.: 06/12
Winning No.: 11-33-37-42-47-48/23
Draw Schedule: 11th February 2006
WINNING NOTICE
We happily announce to you the draws of the France-Lotto Lottery programs held on the 11th February 2006 here in Paris - France in which you and seven (7) other provisional winners were selected as winners under Batch No. 06/12 in Category II. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 1001135JKP drew the lucky numbers: 11-33-37-42-47-48/23, which subsequently won you the 1st price. See (http://www.thelotter.com/Results_.asp?Lottery=19) for further clarifications. All participants for the online version were selected
randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and
extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. You have therefore been granted provisional approval to claim a total sum of €969,964.00 Euros (Nine Hundred and Sixthy Nine Thousand, Nine Hundred and Sixthy -Four Euros) as your winning prize. This is from a total prize pool (Jackpot) of 3,000,000 Euros. In line with this, your €969,964.00 Euros will be paid to you upon confirmation and clarification by our Fiduciary Claims Agents in United Kingdom that you have been assigned to for convenience and to forestall any language difficulty. The agents will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your winnings as soon as you contact them.
To file for your claim, please contact our Fiduciary Claims Agent and provide them with your personal details:
1. Name:
2. Address:
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Country Of Residence:
9. Telephone Number(Country Code)-(Area Code)- Phone Number):
10. Cell Number:(Country Code) - (Cell Phone Number):
11. Fax Number:
12. Batch Number above:
13. Email Address:
Do please quote your Batch, Reference and Winning numbers in any
correspondence with our designated agent.
Fiduciary Claims Agent:
Mr. James Scott
ATB Financial
London, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 701 406 4182
Fax: +44 871139 8800
1. accountsdept.national@gmail.com
Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program and
thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely yours,
Esmee Brice (Ms.)
Results Coordinator.
Email: resultscoordinator@myway.com
website: http://www.thelotter.com/Results_.asp?Lottery=19

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